Another House

Another House

2013 · 100 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

Mathieu Roy's L’Autre maison is an intimate and powerful family drama featuring three generations of great Quebec Actors. Marcel Sabourin plays Henri Bernard, an 86 year-old man with a failing grip on reality. His sons, a jet setting middle aged photo-journalist (Roy Dupuis) and a younger pilot-in-training (Emile Proulx-Cloutier) disagree on a course of action, leaving the father and the younger son inhabiting a rustic cottage in the woods. As the older man's health deteriorates, options become more limited; when an IED accident in Afghanistan kills the photo-journalist's translator, the family must come together like never before. Shot in Quebec, Iceland, Africa and Asia, Another House blends elements of memory, perception and lyricism into a remarkable cinematic mix that moves the story well beyond direct domestic issues into a visual realm that balances nature and humanity.

Directed by Mathieu Roy · Written by Michael Ramsey

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Marcel Sabourin Henri
Roy Dupuis Gabriel
Émile Proulx-Cloutier Éric
Florence Blain Mbaye Maia
Julie Gayet Charlotte
Nathalie Cavezzali News Anchor
Evelyne de la Chenelière Cousin Sylvie

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